The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-25 00:00:00

COIRCULAi 7,,l3iBPatehes were sent off yesterday evening a King's e Britisher,lse from the Foreign-office, for Mr. illViers, the Minister at Madrid. ° Lortl Hill has returned to town from Windsor Castle. S Sirl Johu Franklin, Lieut.-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, eft town to embark for that colony. Pitt Lord Glenel has returned to town from Tonbridge Wells. Henry Bougveriie .had ..a. interview with his Lorfahip on esuay at the Cotorual-oftince. ,I:urd Hill and Mr. Lister had interv;_ws with Viscount igeThourne yesterday, in Downing-strw, The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left Bristol for his teat Mountrenchard, Limerick. ViscountTiverton Palmerston 1-slt town on The Right Tuesday evenin g f or Clie nt. Hot,. H. Labouchere has left town for the con- Ea r l n of a ce .- ''raD:rille transacted business yesterday at the Foreign l'l.Bl-II°IIA.BIE IN TELLICENCE. The Duke ARRIVALS. fr om .., e and Duchess of Clevels:ad, in St. James'-square, the Carlto n Continen Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, and family .4'reillk,arlton Hotel, R egent-street, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. tour ;11 at ditto, from Paris ; J. Crab, Esq., at ditto, from a goiltseocAeibßomealiCeh.,amrl;:est„and Mrs. Sumner, at the Pulteney 4 t the n 's at from Byfleet, Surrey ; Mrs. and Miss St, dit'.o, from ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Dundas and . family, Arei sto C'teorge's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from their seat,. s treet, f u r ' "8. Col. Vys, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower . Brook r s treet, f r ' lll . Turkey • Capt. and Mrs. Moore, in Gromeno - t kit, from Ramsg2ate ; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gordon, a 4111% Hotel, St. James's -street, from Bristol. The Duke DEPARTURES. lisho o of Norfolk, for Cowes, Isle of Wight ; the Arch stree et' Jam R m agh and the Ladies Beresford, from ' Charles -Bir ,' :t. James's -square, for the Palace, Armagh, Ireland; stre,-Cras Dyke Acland, from Warren's Hotel, Regent 11°0, from°r Bri stol ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgeman Simp for bei. Ttnibrid.ge Wells, for Ramsgate Mrs i . Ots E vay ro Ca f v o e r , Lette,ineat, in Leicestershire ; Captain and 3 rs. b orer gt") 1 1; Mr. and Mrs. Sturges, from Raggett's 3 Hotel, fm !Peet-,sreeet, for the Continent Mr. and Mrs. Marty o n n , r_o_ . r. lid ...Hotel, St. James's strtet, for their sea! ; H . .._ NI . tiop; aod from ditto, for the Continent ,J. A. tli ttO f ' s q., from ditto for Sussex ; Capt. 31‘Donell, m ' ''t the North. ' SIbOII.TING INTELLIGENCE. Th e , EGIIAIII RACES—YESTEII3 .1 T. ei ght ue -- avy rain that fell on Tuesday afternoon, and up to dab-, °'elock Yesterday morning, did not appear to h %4 e : tth ° ardour of the pleasure-seeking public, as the al z g lays, shwas considerably fuller than is usual on the " ott Ilad ey were rewarded with better sport than the list fash;oProinised, and with beautiful weather. The show of Nohi e llabl ea Was tolerably good, and included many of the It econ Illen and Gentlemen comprised in the . list given in our re - 51f count Tue,sday's running. The following were the lite s urr uaY :—.. d e) and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and l o 3 nl o y f I,,,heclared, &c. Two miles and a distance. 27 Subs., wh om declared &e s7l. Cr‘hesterfield's•Hornsea, 4 yrs, Bst. 131b...Robinson 1 bukk.. Ileathcote's Valentissimo, 4 yrs. Bst . 2 e l c (1 Richmond's Pussy, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b wasTith7_,ylt4tattlinngßerkeley's Paris, 5 yrs, Bst... ... 4 opened at 8 an finished at 4 to 1 . on Hornsea,_ 500 sittirLtad that the field won asst Vulture winning the Leger, a t W e er bet of 500 agst Redsharl, and seven fifties to lour tpa r l 'Ave f ilb"n agst Vulture. Pussy took the lead at a good pace, ol otes Y Valentissimo, the other couple waiting it till near three dto a nt`;; ' C f a mile fro,a home, where the mare . resigned the lea disllo, , Hornsea lying well up, and Paris beaten off. At the NO r ' le - "e favourite passed the Epsom nag, was never caught, and The 41 a hand,canter by nearly two lengths. Ankervv • yrs, •i st , Pce Stakes of 5 sons. each, with 35 added ; three 'tar e , ' to ur, Bst. 21b ; fi ve, Bst. 81 b ; six and aged Bst 111 b ; los, ' Inc• d g el dings allowed 31b. Th e winner to b e sold * for 100 C'an'` tleati, one mile. 4 Subs. Ai r ' • Ga,..dnor's Skirmisher, 3 yrs Paris 31 1 Air, .1 , 3M am 's Albania, 4 yrs 0 2 2 /Ips, 20. con's Tiara, 6 yrs tel l , e Heat -5 to 4 agst Albania and 2to 1 agst Skirmisher; a 1. ne I:ace between Albania and Tiara, ending a dead heat. 1 SL e4 , ll cat•----7 to 4 on Skirmisher ; won by about half a length Thii'",„isher, who did not go for the first heat. ..,,, a neat 1 Afore followinvrhoer u se Y s . hav e been handicapped for the Sunninghill Gar this day :—Mr Brown's Airy, 5 yrs, Bst. Ilb ; . Captain f3st..alicts Ethilda 4 :,,rs, Bst. 71b ; Mr. Shelley's Albania, 4 y 9, l iti; "4r•qCharri '' ' 5 - Tra ies colt, 4 yrs, Bst. ; Lord Conyngham s . Z 44:3 47 P 5 13 . n. 121 . 1.) ; I Mr. Balchin's Levity, 5 yrs,l2lb , . 'alloy, -,'",hrtiond's Tiber, 4 yrs, ist. 10Ib:; Duke of Richmond s Y r s, ast. 101 b. 9 to a DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 9 to ~ 'agst M r . W. S cott ' s Brother te St. Giles—taken io t , ~,- agst L or d Lichfield ' s Ellis `as t..,1 ' ag agsst Mr. Bird' s R e d s h an k —ta k en t Duke of Cleveland's Matilda colt—taken A- SCOT The folio • ILEATII RACES, 1837. thow that Lwolti'j 'List of the Stakes, &c., for next year, will l ' ral,idify, vi Errol Er rol has carried his intentions into effect with lh o °au, 1 -6011 r, and effect altogether without precedent : Zayttt:f:italcbetfre3E°p3snovrns• eTacehtsih)A. Yft.., and only 5 if declared the &c., with 100 added. To close the last la be the Pirst Spring ' Meting at Newmarket, and the weights , r ,.fl at the end of the Second Spring Meeting. 4o Ascot Derby of 50 so ns . each, &c.—Closed. Sw e The King's Pl a t e as usual. T,„. tTstak es of 100 sovs, each, h. ft., &e.—Closed. ,Year-old Stakes of 50 sons. each, &c.—Closed. t he Eclipse Foot, under new regulations. WEDNESDAY. Ike'rpliste iWinley Stakes of 25 sovs. each.-To close March 1. p a "„s of 10 sons. each, with 50 added, for three yrs old.— Tree ii '4O close and name the Saturday before Epsom. alldicap of 50 sons. each, h. ft., with 200 added, for four The `y yrs o l d and upwards, &c. Three miles. ititlsor Tradesm en ' s Pl a t e o f 1001. Two miles. The r. A M a id en P late of 50 1 . S. S. Course. Gel d , xnuasoAsr. e ach, ',IP, value 300 sons., &c., by subscriptions of 20 sons. Ivl'l ‘-onditi usual. 32 Subs., with 200 added. .„ „ o 117 ,.. , ons as k f5O sons each, h. ft. &e. ofvsyear..ol,:instaolt•eFsores3toSstao;ses each, 20 ft., ~. c._ & TO close and The Alba at the ' end of the Second Spring Meeting. Stakes y of 60 sons. each, ll rst Dinner Stakes of 100 sons., &c.—Closcd. I S^ s t _ r, 4 a FRIDAY. A t,rlate of 100 (handicap). Once round and a distance. Th late of 50/. for the beaten horses. Mile and a half. e Work' The King's Plate for hunters. loghata Stakes of 5 sons. each, &c. 45 Subscribers at -40 Ay e present. ,otitkihnlbers' Plate, and a Plate given by the Innkeepers and Postmasters. - "°Lit "%a total f public money of upwards of 1,3001. ; itt it tla 1 0 i ° E ° 1 • More than under the' late management. The eS. rrol, Chesterfield, and Lichfield, and Mr. Greville, `elvards. Tho CRICKETING. till1:4 trl 7„1411111 Match betwee n the northern and southern players n i"`yerg2-I;l,,,f,o_rnrrienced on Monday at Leicester ; the souther . icons 4 st o p"eg the toss went first, and at four o'clock the rain . 1 , 4' to the game for the day. The southern players had en ;"' and n'ilv i wickets down :._Mills 11, Cobbett 7, `leatZ-1 30, Ta' Taylor, 12, Alilliard (not out) 21, Clifford 7, ift kiThSt,ot )9, and Hillyer 0 ; byes 2; no balls 4.. ),'"'e ti l ;' 4 , o uttth an unlucky accident . whilst practisins, i be- . 10 . 'qiiehintch oornmenced. He received a blow on his left Ol t i ~ it was feared, when our account was despatched, iTk o revent 1 ' from' playing. There were about 5,000 ' l l 4 " the g ' r ini Id includiiicr Lord Beaucicrk, W. Ward, , am B. Ais ° la u b l ie, Esq. The -- --- *o°d ! buke and Duchess of Richmond left Gmoordch rk"Anday for Gordon Castle. The Earl of . . (Nre )lts '. in the last steam-ship for Aberdeen to meet his noble a 1 , Th e 'Nl.Duke of Norfolk has left town for Fornham 1 1 , -, 1, 11 ; , 4 ar r i"-ike of Grafton and Lady Louisa Fitzroy I a n ;:,ed at Euston Hall, near Thetford, where his Grace The -.!:'Y entertain a distinguish e d party of friends. 44dw Duchess Dowager of Leuchthenberg, family, r'te, arrived at Berlin, on the 18th inst., from Stockholm.. Iltch ar t ' : filmretii , h ipp e d E ngland, purchased a stud of horses,. which a in' t 4 ge s t:, air last week' for Marseilles. They consist of 4 e nded . ". i .,. oor. carriage horses, &c. It now appears that the Vot lik e ,''t t the Prince's august relative, the King of Naples, raai r , to take Place, owing, it isstate d, to recent events lii • evi ll .. Sere ne 1 4,,,ted fe,hig Highness the Duke of Brunswick has R, ( 1 1 ) 1 Y accident tigohly i r cred ( !tal h )le onhathv having g occasion not onloyf sentthe mhee-r sent 1 ' ut promise to A be . il raam expenses attending her pre pl.2lh,el)ll3' situation. bear a the day i.ourr( Vitzroy - Somerset and Lady left town yester t o d'Valmer Castl e n n a visit to the Duke of Wellington. F.. I , ho lt, r co l) bi in h b ' . (tr I) or en has arrived at his seat, 11 will I g , wher e h e is to be joined by the Duke Sussex, °Ykl Hi "ve Halt shire 4ft et ‘,. igh nes2 p about the end of next month. His 'hriStr..-.Purposes remaining at Lord Dinorben's till h .44ord and."" 014 Lad i t , o on my Granville arrived at Devonshire . 'llitolk "claY evening, from a visit to Lord Rivers's seat Th ' kt e 134 tl'res.ehi. Pof London, his Lady, and family are ts.thQ Itij'i°,_orning, at Malvern,' for the benefit of the health 1.. Ab n t - Rev. 14 or, (IL. _..Prelate. 4 , t11 1 Plp Chi ustice Tindal, of the Court of Cm -n -114,4 ;i s j ' e tT d his brother, Mr. Tindal, with their . families, Ue v eti al l e); on Sunday last, on a visit to the bailiff, Sir 1.11,k441`4u,' , at _ Trinity Manor. 1 40,_kaT tittt, 8,....ti AND S SKETCHES .. OF ENGLISH tptier Or " Thee.l-7:h remark s . m . thi ! new „ work of the noble :iiall, tt'reetteess aspiirit of. _piristianity, givenartehecom m v p a s a t r t r i a a l n i t a y e , and declare with as t i e 11,4,,_1'5s th an theprehen- M. eChateaubriand's stu troPart4ree orir;kee d. There is not in the book any the slightest . k , o l : l it wh ie T i ona av the purest taste, and there are . few opinions ,41k, il l be saefeal English predilections w9ultdhedimssoenstt. Thea-,rce tr et:resting, ,31,nrdec j o u m d li c i i e o n u d 3 ed de a s s cornet o of i i ns of the literature 'eleli Aterncnutry.that has ever been give n p to the public."—Nor- SPAIN. Madrid Gazette Extraordinary of Aug. 13.) " ROYAL DECREES. " As Queen-Regent of the kingdom of Spain, I order the Constitution of 1812 to be proclaimed, until the nation, represented by the Cortes, shall have manifested its will, or adopted another Constitution, according to its wants. " THE QUEEN-REGENT. " St. 11defonso, Aug. 13, 1836 " " TO DON SANTIAGO MENDEZ-VIGO. " The circumstances which caused me to declare Madrid in a state of siege having disappeared, I order, in the name of my august daughter, Queen Isabella 11., that the effects of this first disposition be immediately removed. " THE QUEEN-REGENT. " St. Ildefonso, Aug. 14, 1836." " TO DON SANTIAGO IIENDEZ•VIGo. " As Queen-Regent during the minority of my august danghter, the Queen Donna Isabella 11., I name Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs and President of the Council of Ministers, Don Jose Maria Calatrava ; Sec retary of State for the Finances, Don Joaquin Ferrer ; and Secretary of State for the Interior, Don Ramon Gil de la Cuadra ; instead of Don Francisco Xavier Isturiz, Don Felix d'Olabergue el Blanco, and the Duke of ItisT.s, who filled these places. It is my will that the President of the Council should to-day propose to me without delay men capable of replacing Don Antonio Alcala Don Manuel Bario Aguso, and Don Santiago Mendez Vigo, who will only continue his functions for the publica tion of my Royal decrees. "THE QUEEN-REGENT. " St. Ildefonso, Aug. 14, 1836." " TO DON SANTIAGO MENDEZ-VIGO. "As Queen-Regent, and in the name of my august daughter, the Queen Donna Isabella 11., I decree that the National Guard of Madrid shall be reorganized, and that from the present moment the arms should be restored to at least two-thirds of the National Guards lately disarmed. " THE QUEEN-REGENT. " St. Ildefonso, Aug. 14, 1836." " TO SANTIAGO MENDEZ-VIGO. " In the name of my august daughter, Queen Isabella 11., as Queen Regent of the kingdom, I withdraw the charge of Captain-General of New Castile, and the title of Commander-General of the Royal Guards from General the Marquis of Moncazo ; and I name as his successor Don Antonio Seoane, who, besides the command of the in fantry attributed to his predecessor, will assume that of the cavalry of the Royal Guard. " THE QUEEN REGENT. " St. Ildefonso, Aug. 14, 1836." " TO DON SANTIAGO MENDEZ-VIGO. " As Queen Regent during the minority of my august daughter, Queen Isabella 11., I withdraw from the Count St. Roman the charge of Inspector-General of the Pro vincial Militia, and the title of Commander-General of the Royal Guard, and name to replace him in these two func tions the Marquis of Rodil. " THE QUEEN REGENT. " St. Ildefonso, Aug. 14, 1836." The following Proclamation has been published at Bar celona : " Catelonians,—Great nations make efforts correspond ing with the occasions which call for them. Be always firm, calm, and courageous. Let no intruder stain with crimes the path of glory. A soldier of the country and of liberty cannot permit their purity to be tarnished. Let us render ourselves worthy of the friendship of free na tions, and above all of our allies, by securinc , our freedom without provoking antipathies. But if I advise you to be circumspect, I shall also give you examples of firmness. Of this you will find a proof in the representation which, in concurrence with the other authorities, I have ad dressed to the Government, and which is in tenor as follows : " Senora,—General Don Francisco Espoz y Mina, to whom your Majesty has intrusted the command of the army and the principality of Catalonia, faithful to his prin ciples, and averse from every view which does not tend to the consolidation of the throne of your august daughter, and of the country's liberty, and the oilier authorities of the said principality, and this city identified by the like principles, would not act in conformity with their sentiments and their duty, if they did not frankly point out to your Majesty the chaos which threatens to overwhelm those precious objects —the idols of Spaniards, who, with the admiration and ap plause of enlightened Europe, are defending them by the sacrifice of life and property. " ' But while those numerous heroic efforts have been disappointed, and the complaints of innumerable victims forgotten, amidst the adulations which surround the illus trious throne of your august daughter, and convert it into a bulwark for subjugating, rather than protecting ever loyal citizens, vicious systems, base passions, and interests in compatible with the regeneration of our society, had within a year brought the nation to the brink of the most frightful abyss. Its voice was then raised, and illusive counsellors being by the national impulse removed from the Ministerial seats, the vessel of the State took a more favourable course under the guidance of pilots who quickly knew how to se cure the confidence of the people, and again to group them around the throne of your august daughter, the common centre of hope and consolation. " The storm being laid, and it being clearly demon strated that the fidelity of the Spaniards to Isabel 11., or, I may say, to the vital principle of the monarchy, had not suffered the slightest injury, Carlism, which had been en couraged by a false illusion, founded on our ephemeral di vision, and promoted by the inertness and shameful want of energy in the public authorities, exhibited the dismay which characterizes rebellion and treason, and its infamous proselytes flew to hide themselves in the rocks and woods, which are their cradle and their protection. The nation, recovering life and confidence, saw order restored in all the provinces, the credit of the State improved at home and abroad, 100,000 soldiers swelling the files of the valiant army, the ealightened world applauded the national sacri fice, and we were speedily respected even by the Govern ments which least sympathized in the liberty and the inde pendence of Spain. " But the genius of evil which encircles and misleads thrones to conduct them to a precipice, and there abandon them, dared to extend its poisonous arms, and to submerge us once more in the chaos from which the purest patriotism had rescued us ; and with shame must it be told that men, apostates from their opinions, making a bad use of the credit which their countrymen had bestowed upon them, gave the reins to rancorous passions, and to the sole im pulse of an ambition which they could not conceal, invaded your Royal Palace, and, invested with the authority which your Majesty conceded to them, overstepped every barrier by Aissolving the legally constituted Cortes ; thus endea vouring to obscure the lustre of the most elevated reputa tions, damping the patriotic ardour of the citizens, reducing the valiant and loyal army to inaction, and holding out fo reign intervention as the only means of salvation for the country, notwithstanding that her sons, who have vigorous arms, abhor slavery, and will not stain the glory to which their laurels, won from the perfidious enemies of liberty, bear testimony. How many misfortunes, Senora, have been accumulated ; how much Liberal blood cruelly shed by Vandalism ; how many towns have, (luring three years of war, experienced the horrors of devastation, which might have been avoided! " Such have been the unhappy consequences of the rash conduct pursued by the counsellors to whom your Majesty, unaware of the feeling which the voice of the nation legally pronounced indicated, confided the reins of the Govern ment. Their obstinacy has been prolonged, but the suffer ing of the nation has arrived at its climax. The immortal Saragossa, Cadiz, Seville, and many other cities of the monarchy, are now affording a sublime lesson of patriotism, unstained with crimes like those which disgraced the events of the previous year. " The whole of Spain will follow so noble an example, and Catalonia, the classic soil of heroism and liberty, feels all the impulse of so generous a declaration of feeling. Its authoritie s sympathize with all classes of the citizens, but prudence and good feeling prompt them always to take care that your Majesty, whom we have proclaimed the mother of the country, and from whose august lips we heard the first magic accents of liberty, amnesty, and of patriotism, should know how to lay with promptitude the storm raised by the bad counsellors of the Crown—viz., by subjecting them to the severe justice of responsibility before the National Congress, by calling together the Deputies elected for it, in order that the installation of the Cortes may take place on the day fixed for it, and, by committing the reins of Government to citizens without reproach, to decided patriots, and to able hands, and thus dissipating with vigour the poisonous clouds which obscure the throne of the inno cent Isabel, those pure and exa l te d characters will display themselves, who, having no interest but that of their country, will point out to your Majesty the shoals upon which the vessel of the State must not be permitted again to founder. It is in consequence of h av i ng seen with grief and indignation an outburst in oppositio n to your present Ca binet, that we are impelled to expou n d to your M a j esty with all the energy of Spaniards who love liberty, and the throne of Isabel 11., the critical situati on i n w hi c h we are o be induc e d t o weigh placed,in order rde in the bal balance n thatc e of justice yourMajes the national mayntial wi s h t o remove (we repeat the proposition) from your side those unhappy counsellors, and to fix, through the mediu m of the as sembled Cortes, our future destiny durably and patrio tically. The principality of Catalonia, uniting its wishes with those of the other provinces, animated by a full sense of the justness of it s v i ews , an d strong in the importance of its ac tual positi on , h as w i s h e d i n thi s s t e p to give the higlist proof of its prudence and caution. Without wishing to chc- THE SUN, LONDON, TH tate to your Majesty, we speak for the interests of Spain, for that of the august Isabel, and also of yourself, Senora. We hope that your Majesty will consider that when the people proceed with so much mature deliberation they prove their determination and the reliance they place on the sup port of that justice which is their protection. " On the august lips of your Majesty depends, Senora, the decision of these citizens and authorities. Any delay in pronouncing a joyful " Yes," bursts asunder the bonds of submission to your Cabinet. Catalonia, in spite of the misfortunes which afflict her, inseparable from the most perfidious rebellion, will never submit to despotism or degra dation. She contains within her bosom virtues and resources sufficient, and has for her leaders men who place the salva tion of their country above all other objects. " Barcelona, Aug. I'2, 1836. " Senora,—At the royal feet of your Majesty—the Captain-General Francisco Espoz y Mina—the Provisional Governor, Francisco de Paula Garcia de Luna—for the Royal'Audiencia of Barcelona, Joaquin Rey, the Regent— for the Provincial Deputation, Juan Lopez de Ochoa, the President—Pedro Martir Coll—Rafael Maria de Duran— for the Municipal Body, Mariano Vehlls, First Lieutenant of the President Alcade—Juan Vilarregut, Regidor— Rafael Nadel y Lacaba, Syndic—for the Junta of Com merce, Jose Plandolid, Vice-President—Jaime Tinto, voter—for the Commission of Manufactures, Domingo Serra, President—Geronimo Juncadella, voter—for the Colleges and Societies of Tradesmen, Narcisso ltaull— Jaime Clariana.' " SPANISH AMERICAN LOANS. The 'following correspondence on the subject of the Spa nish American loans has passed between the Committee of the holders of those securities and Lord Palmerston : " 27, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, July 23. "My Lord—l had the honour, on the sth instant, to transmit to your Lordship a copy of resolutions passed at a numerous meeting of bondholders of the Spanish American States on the 28th ult., and a statement of the nature and extent of their claims was subsequently submitted to your Lordship's consideration by a deputation of the Committee honoured with a personal interview at the Foreign Office. " The repeated disappointment and long delay in the fulfilment of contracts entered into with the several Spa nish American States, under circumstances peculiarly binding on their part by all the obligations of honour and national faith, and on the part of the creditors, in accordance with the avowed policy of the British Government at that period the .flagrant violation of engagements by which specific revenues have been so lemnly pledged to the bondholders and the known ability of some of the States to fulfil their obliga tions, constitute, it is respectfully submitted, sufficient grounds for a more active and efficient interference on be half of a numerous body of British subjects ; and it will afford me great pleasure to be enabled to communicate to the parties interested that they may rely on the support and protection of his Majesty's Government. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, " G. R. ROBINSON, Chairman of the Committee of Spanish American Bondholders." " To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston," &c. " Foreign Office, Aug. 5. " Sin,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d ult., on behalf of the bondholders of the Spanish American States, and I am to acquaint you that, in comdliance with the wishes of those parties, instructions have been forwarded to his Majesty's Minister at Mexico, and to his Majesty's Consul-General at Valparaiso, directing them to call the serious attention of the Governments of Mexico and Chib respectively to the grievances of the bondholders, and to represent the feelings of disappointment and of rising indig nation which are manifested in England at the continued disregard of the formal engagements which those Govern ments have contracted. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " W. FOX STRANGWAYS. " To. G. R. Robinson, Esq., &c." " No. 36, Ohl Broad -street, Aug. 10. "My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re ceipt of Mr. Fox Strangway's letter of the sth inst., which I have communicated to the Committee of holders of Spa nish American bonds. " The Committee desire me to return their grateful ac knowledgments to your Lordship for the attention you have been pleased to pay to their application, so far as regards the republics of Mexico and Chili. They cannot doubt that the energetic expression of the sentiments of the British Government will have its due effect in demonstrating to those States both the necessity and the justice of their per forming their engagements with the bondholders without further evasion or delay. " The Committee request me at the same time respect fully to state to your Lordship, that the interference of the British Government is equally called for in the cases of other Spanish American States—namely, Colombia, Peru, Buenos Ayres, and Central America. " Within the last few days advices have been received from Venezuela, formerly part of the Republic of Colom bia, that the Congress of that State had closed its session without making the slightest provision for the discharge of the foreign debt ; the reason assigned for which neglect being, that a treaty which had been concluded between Ve nezuela and New Granada, for the apportionment of the public debt, had not been ratified by the latter State ; but, whatever difficulty this circumstance may interpose, the Congress of Venezuela has failed to perform one act for which that State was in no way dependent upon New Granada—namely, the making provision for the payment of the dividends. For this purpose certain revenues were pledged to the bondholders, which revenues the Govern ment appropriates to its own use, on the ground that it has not completed its arrangements with New Granada. " Your Lordship will see, therefore, that, with respect to the States of Venezuela and New Granada (formerly Colombia), and all the other Spanish American States, the same degree of interference on the part of the British Government is equally called for. " It will be a great satisfaction to the Committee to be informed that your Lordship will direct in these cases simi lar instructions to be given to those which have been given in the cases of Mexico and Chili.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, ‘. G. R. ROBINSON. " To the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, IMP, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c." " Foreign Office, August 16. " Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, in which you request, on behalf of the South American bond holders, that instructions may be sent to his Majesty's Mi nisters or Consuls in the States of New Granada, Vene zuela, Buenos Ayres, and Central America, similar to those which you were informed by Mr. Strangways' letter of the sth instant bad been forwarded to his Majesty's Mi nister in Mexico, and to his Majesty's Consul in Chili. Lord Palmerston directs me to acquaint yon in reply, for the information of the parties interested, that, in compli ance with your request, instructions of the same nature as those already sent to Mexico and Chili have been addressed to his Majesty's Ministers at Bogota and Buenos Ayres, to his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Caraccas, and to his Majesty's Consul at St. Salvador, directing them to call the attention of those Governments respectively to the griev ances of the British bondholders. " I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, " J. BACKHOUSE. " To G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P., &c." By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 437} per mark, which at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10 d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11 f, and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.81, it follows that gold is 1-27 per cent. dearer at Hamburg than in London. The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10/d. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 40, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.221, it follows that gold is 0.70 per cent. dearer at Paris than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1071 per cent., and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 2.07 per cent. against England. ERRORS OF THE PRESS.-There is not a trade or profession in existence more subject to the casualties of error than that of the printing business, or more liable to have its errors blazoned forth to the world. An ordinary sized news paper, for instance, such as our own, contains about 326,000 types, and the eye of the corrector must be constantly upon each of these little fellows, who arc liable not only to go astray themselves, but to lead their better disposed neighbours into awkward scrapes, by coming in contact with such " aliens." It happened some time ago, that when we intended to describe, in a complimentary way, the internal regulations of a friend's house, the printer very coolly put it to press " the infernal re gulations," &c. But the error which grieves us most in the mean time, is one lately committed by a provincial paper, which is calculated to make thinking people call in question Frig its source, p a a n p d e r honestlyallud d t o a , ck i n n o c w o i p e y d i g n f o r u o r m ve th ra e ci s t a paragraph makes us state that " a potato was lately dug up in this vici ye.otsmTctet, nity measuring seven feet in diameter I" Our version made it only seven inches, which we thought in all conscience large enough for the public swallow. We hope our contemporary will be more careful in copying from us in future ; for al though the error is self-evident, we hi've strong doubts that it may have passed current in Nithsdale, as we notice that the Dumfries Courier has not said a word about potatoes of any kind, since the " seven feet" monster appeared !—Scotsman. The St. Ronan's Border Club, for the encourage ment of gymnastic exercises among the youth of the Scottish Border, held their tenth annual meeting at Innerleithen on Thursday.--Berwich Advertiser, RSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1536 SWITZERLAND. Switzerland contains somewhat near two millions of in habitants, on 855 geographical square miles. The country is mountainous, therefore poor. The inhabitants are divi ded in their languages—German, langue Romano, Italian, and French ; divided in civilisation, from the lowest degree of African barbarism and ignorance to the level of Euro pean civilisation ; and, lastly, in their political institutions, which, in the twenty-two cantons of Switzerland, vary from the most unbounded' democracy to the most circumscribed aristocratical or monastic oligarchy. In one word, Switzer land is an insignificant country ; but since the spring of 1833 till now, we have continually seen heavy armies rush , ing on to the boundaries of Switzerland, and stepping back ward, in order to get a place on which to stand ; whilst within its boundaries the high-roads are constantly blocked up by the eight coaches of the resident Ambassadors going from Zurich to Berne, and from Bcrnc to Zurich, to say nothing of the awful quantity of grass and hay which has been eaten by the post-horses that had the honour to carry the notes both of the folio and duodecimo Princes of Ger many. All Europe is in the deepest anxiety to know in what those bustling preparations will end. To speak seriously, Switzerland is certainly a country which has not much in itself to tempt the ambition of the mighty. If we are not much mistaken, Switzerland was, in the time of the Congress of Vienna, confidently offered by Austria to the Grand Duke of Baden in exchange for his own country, and the Grand Duke refused it. The majority of the inhabitants of Switzerland speak German. The Swiss Confederation, therefore, though having- a separate existence, as a political body, from the German Confederation, makes, notwithstandin g , part of Germany as defined by M. Arndt. What we have said of the Bavarian is equally true of the Swiss—that is to say, in proportion as the state of public instruction advances in Switzerland, the inhabitants of Switzerland lose their cha racter of a separate nationality, and become Germans. Lastly, if the comparatively greatest mass of intelligence concentrates itself in Switzerland, Switzerland will become the centre of movement for the ideas or intellectual life of the whole of the German population. As long as the Diet of Franfort had not risen from its ridiculous nullity, the anarchy of the German Confedera tion rendered a free movement of ideas possible within the limits of Germany itself. Thus, after the Revolution of July, we find, at first, a small province of Bavaria, namely, Rhenish Bavaria on this side of the Rhine, as the centre of the political a g itation of Germany, and the whole attention, both of the German nations and cabinets, fixed on that little spot. The cabinets put that movement down, and the Grand Dukedom of Baden became the comparatively freest point of Germany. After a few weeks of blaze the flame was extinguished there too. The movement then, for a mo ment, was lingering at Strasburg, in France ; but in the midst of a German population, Alsace. The French Go vernment, in their turn, drove the agitatcrs away, and public tranquillity reigned all over the Continent ? Not exactly so ; for the combined measures of all those cabiaets had no other result than to assemble all those agitators in one body in Switzerland. We must not forget that the war which the absolute Powers have pursued for the last six years is not a war carried on against individuuls, but one against convictions or honesty, and against logic and in tellectual superiority. What was the consequence ? That amongst those wlib were forced to seek refuge in Switzer land, we find a great number of the elite of Germany ; thence the foundation of two new universities in Zurich and Berne : and, as professors, men like Dr. Schonkin, deci dedly the first professor of clinicks of Germany, and per haps the equal of our Edinburgh professor who teaches the same subject ; and men like Ockcn, who was only hindered from becoming a second Cuvier by his not being born at Paris or London. A quantity of new schools, learned and common, were established the professors and schoolmasters of which are Germans ; the character of the whole public press of Switzerland was changed by a number of Ger mans, by whom the papers were edited ; in Berne, which is certainly the most enlightened point of Switzerland, we see, notwithstandincr, that all the judges there are German refugees ; in Basil-country (Basil-Landschaft) on the con trary, which contained a population of ignorant peasants, we see a liberal insurrection breaking out against the town of Basil, and this insurrection mostly conducted by German refugees—all facts which the Swiss Diet has openly avowed in the first consideration which accompanies the official de cree of expulsion against the German r e f u g ees , by sa yi ng , " Within the last f ew years foreigners have assumed an as cendancy in certain cantons which ought never to have been allowed. They have taken part in our public affairs, and influenced the public opinion in our journals. They have perverted our youth with the love of agitation and po llitical passions." Those phrases are declamation, and nothing more. Gs7r mans have got hold hold of the schools, press, and public offices in Switzerland ; and Switzerland, as the Diet ex presses it, had lost" its moral independence." That is an avow a l which certainly throws no favourable light on the in tellectual state of Switzerland. If to-morrow 7,000 of the cleverest Germans came into England, they would not pro duce the slightest change in public affairs. And why not ? Because it is very problematic if they would have much to teach us, and quite certain that they would have very much .0 learn from us The superioritiof intellect would be in us, and not in them. It would be unjust, however, to say that Switzerland, before the emigration of these foreigners, was barren of intelligence. A country which has produced a Pestalozzi, Troller, Zschokke, &c., must always have borne visible traces left by such minds. The ground was perfectly laboured, and the mass of Germans who crowded ou a sudden to Switzerland, were only so many germs . - thrown into a fertile soil well prepared to receive them. The consequence was an almost incredibly rapid improve ment, which within the last four or five years has taken place in the schouls, the journals, and the whole intellec tual state of the public and private life of Switzerland. The cause of reform is gained in Switzerland ; for, being in possession of the three greatest principles of freedom— the sovereignty of the nation, the freedom of the press, and that of association, they exhibit now, moreover, the neces- nary acquirements to make the proper use of them, and to develop them. The personal hardships of those foreigners who have been unjustly deprived of an asylum furnishes ground for complaint ; but, on the other hand, it is quite as certain that the fact of foreigners taking the lead in the public affairs of another country is a grievous anomaly. That anomaly, however, is still subsisting ; or it is not foreign Powers at whose injunctions those foreigners have been expelled from Switzerland. And what was their crime ? 'That they lived i❑ Switzerland and not at home ; that they were in Switzerland in the full enjoyment of rights and liberty which they could not have at home. And, if the soil of Switzerland is cleared from all Germans, and the question of Switzerland entirely disembarrassed from any connection with foreigners, what then ? The foreign am bassadors will quarrel with the Swiss for their enjoying the very same institutions. The Diet has very well foreseen the probability of such an event taking place, and, there fore, the official document mentioned above concludes— " Let us take our stand upon a ground purely Swiss, and then see who will dare to encroach upon our independence or our rights. If such encroachment will be ventured on, Europe will learn what Swiss people can do." Provided the Diet sticks with manly energy to that declaration, nothing is lost. They will have for them selves, in such a struggle, the sympathies of every freeman in Europe. Hastings has this week much increased the number of its visitants ; and there is every appearance of a very full season. The Jews are at this moment out of favour at the Court of Berlin. An order has been issued by his Majesty, Frederick William, rendering it compulsory on all Jews hence forth to bear such names only as are to be found in the Old Testament. Since the wars of independence in 1813 and 1815, the Israelites have been robbed of many rights of which they were then in possession.—Journal du Commerce. EQUAL itlmiTs.—i was yesterday exceedingly scan dalized (writes a Correspondent), by a paltry, yet oppressive exhibition of the monarchical or anti-popular principle. About three o'clock in the afternoon, on quitting the Athenmum, my attention was attracted towards a man of a singularly slender and fragile form, bearing what appeared to be a heavy bale of woollen-cloth, and proceeding to the Park by the York Pillar.—(What a satire on Royal virtue this pillar pre sents !) The air at t h e t i me was exceedingly sultry and op pressive, and the man, whose mien was that of an intelligent respectable tradesman, appeared ready to drop under the com bined effocts of the load he bore, the excessive heat of the sun, and his own weakly condition. When at the entrance to the Park which I have just mentioned, respecting the opening of which such a load of nonsensical panegyric was bestowed upon his Majesty and his men in office, the almost sinking man was abruptly commanded by a soldier on duty instantly to turn back, no person carrying a parcel being permitted to walk through the Park. The poor fellow, who I learnt wanted to go to Queen's-row, just by Buckingham Palace—the palace for which a 'day or t wo ago so many thousan d s o f p oun d s were v oted away—for i t w il l never be inhabited—was thus compelled to tread back hi s weary way all along Pall-mall, up St. James's-street and Piccadilly, down Grosvenor-place, trebli n g t he distance he wou ld have walked had he been perm i t t e d to have gone through the Park like his betters in pocket. 11 this wanton and ridi cu l ous i nterference w i th t h e free-agenc y of the subject poor by the dominant rich be not an illustration of our much boasted British freedom, what is it? Things have come to a pretty pass in this land of liberty, when a poor man may not even w a lk on the same ground that the rich man t reads. Just a s if t h e rich did not already enjoy enough of advantages over the p oor , an o di ous li ne lik e this must be drawn. John Bull certainly h as a b roa d b ac k , or h e would not bear all the oppressive and vexat i ous acts of tyrann y co nsta n tly exer cised against the people. At this day, notwithstanding all the clap-traps about " free -born Britons," the English people are, in many respects, as very s l aves as any to b e f oun d at Con stantinople, or in any other part of the globe where despotism has full sway. BRITISH SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION. BRISTOL, Tuesday The interest the Association excites here, increases most hourly. Every Section is crammed beforeti;l;usi ness of the day commences. The philosophers appear to be highly delighted with the attention they receive, and in return they amuse the inhabitants with their discussions. There have been several lectures of importanc e to the scientific world, but which would not be interesting to the general reader, nor could be render them intelligible, with out drawings and figures. The meetings begin at ten in the morning, and last till three ; dinner is on the table at four, in a room half a mile from some of the section rooms ; and at eight o'clock in the evenings there are either general meetings in the theatre, or sectional meetings. No time i; therefore lost, twelve hours of the day being completely occupied. This morning the different Sections assembled at their places of meeting. The following is an enumeration of communications read. The initial letters refer to the diffe rent Sections. SECTION A. Mr. RUSSELL.—A notice of a Sericz of Experiments on the motion of waves. Professor PowELL.—On Refractive Indices. Sir D. BREWSTER.—On the Polarising structure of the Crystalline Lens after death. Mr. M‘GauLEY.—On Electro-Magnetism as a moving power. Rev. Mr. WHEWELL.—On a new Anemoneter. Professor CHALLlS.—Supplementary Report on the mathematical theory of Fluids. Professor STAVELLY.—On the interpretation of the doubtful sign in some Algebraic Formulae. Mr. CHALFIELD.—On Naval Architecture. Mr. HENWOOD.—On ditto. SECTION B. Dr. C. HENRY.—On the powers of certain Gases to prevent the union of oxygen and hydrogen. Mr. EXLEY.—On rendering Chemistry a Medical Science. Mr. W. WEST (of Leeds).—On the means of detecting minute portions of substances in Atmospheric Air. Mr. HERAPATH.—On Arsenial Poison. Dr. HARE, (of Philadelphia.)—On a Voltaic Defla gration. On Sulphureous Ether. On re-action of Sulphureous Acid with Essential Oils. On Sassam brut). On process for making Nitrous Ether. SECTION C. Professor SEDGWICK and *Mr. MuacittsoN.—A classi fication of the old Slate Rocks of Devonshire, with an cx. planation of the true position of the Culm deposits of that county. Mr: DE LA BECHE, F.R.S.—Observations on the con nection of Geological phmnomena of Cornwall and Devon with the mines of those counties. SECTION D. Dr. RICHARDSON'S Report on the Zoology of North America. Mr. BOWDIAN.—On the Longevity and other particulars of the Yew. Mr. BALL.—On a new species of Seal. Dr. HANCOCK.—On a new and scandent species of Norentea. Rev. F. W. HOPE.—On an hermaphrodite Luceenus, and on certain notions of Antiquity derived from Insects. SECTION E. Dr. PRITCHARD.—On the treatment of some Diseases of the Brain. Dr. HOUSTON.—On a human Foetus without heart or lungs. R. CARMICHAEL, Esq.—On Tubercles. S. D. BROUGHTON, Esq.—On the Glosso-Pharyngal • nerve. SECTION F. Mr. KINGSBY.—On the Formulae of the gross receipts of the revenues of the Savings' Banks' returns. Lieut.-Colonel SYKES, F.R.S.—A. Paper on the utility of co-operating Committees of Trade and Agriculture in the Commercial and Manufacturing Towns in Great Bri tain, as projected by the Right Hon. H. Mackenzie and Mr. F. Boyle, and advocated by the Right Hon. Alex. Johnstone and Sir C. Forbes, Bart., for investigating, more extensively the natural and artificial products of India. Recherches relatives a Pinfluence du prix des grains sur la population Francise, par Le Baron CH. DUPIN, Presid. de l'Academie des Sciences. W. R. GREG, Esq., Manchestcr.—On Statistical Desi derata. SECTION G Mr. HAWKINS.—On an improvement on Neper's Rod's for facilitating the multiplication of high numbers with little liability to error, the invention of J. N. Cossham, Esq., of Bristol., Professor DAUBENY.—To exhibit an instrument for bringing up sea-water from great depths. The dinner at the Ordinary was held at four o'clock. The inconveniences felt on the preceding day from want of punctuality and too restricted an attendance were remedied, and all passed off well. About 200 gentlemen were pre sent, Dr. Coneybeare presiding, who was peculiarly happy in the introduction of various toasts. Our confined space prevents giving details ; the toast of " The Foreign Univer sities" was acknowledged in appropriate terms by a Learned Professor from Geneva, and another foreign gentleman, whose names we could not catch. It had' been intended, as announced on the previous evening, that the members and ladies would have assembled at Miller's Gardens, to enjoy in that delightful spot the pleasures of social conversation, but the very unfavourable state of the weather literally damped the plan. Notices were exhibited in the Inquiry and other rooms that Sec tions C. G. and A. would be open in the evening, and they were much crowded, particularly Section C. (Geology), where Professor Hare lectured on Electro-Magnetism, and where a very interesting discussion took place between Pro fessors Phillips and Sedgvvick, Messrs. Murchison and De La Beche, on the geographical relations of blocks or boulders drifted from the Cumbrian Mountains into York shire, &c. In section G (Mechanical Science), Mr. WHEWELL gave a short account of the present state of the science of the Tides. WEDNESDAY. SECTION A. Mr. SNOW HARRIS.—On Electrical Repulsion. Professor CHALLlS.—Supplementary Report on the Mathematical Theory of Fluids. Professor STAVELLY.—lnterpretation of the doubtful sign, &c. (as in yesterday's paper.) Professor WHEALSTONE.—On Voltaic Light. Mr. MAccuLLocu.—On the laws of double refraction. Mr. ADAMS.—On the interference of sound. Mr. TALBOT.—On the Integral Calculus. SECTION B. Professor DAUBENY.—Report on Mineral Waters. Professor JOHNSON.—On Para Cyangan • and its corn pounds. Mr. WEST (Leeds).—On the means of detecting minute portions of substances in atmospheric air. Dr. HARE.—On Brazilian nomenclature. SECTION C. Dr., RILEY, and Mr. STUCHBURY.—Some additional re marks on Saurian remains discovered in the Manganese Conglomerate of Durdham Down, subsequent to a paper sent to the Geological Society of London. Mr. Horirms, (Cambridge.)--On the influence of jointed structure in rocks, and the phenomena of elevations. Professor PHILLIPS.—On the Geological relations of certain calcareous rocks near Manchester. SECTION D. An account of the Agricultural Products of the Deccan, by Col. SYKES. On the Cow-Fish of Guiana, by Mr. HANcocx. On the Geographical Distribution of Plants in Ireland and the West of Scotland, by S. T Macicsky. On the Luminosity of the Sea, by P. DUNCAN, Esq. On Caotchouc, by Professor RoYLE. On a method of preserving Animal and Vegetable Sub stances, by Dr. MACARTNEY. Mr. HOPE to give a communication from Mr. Radden, on Insects obtained from Turpentine. Mr. BALL'S Reptrt on Echinus Levidus. SECTION E. Report of the Dublin Commission on the motion and sound of the Heart. Report of the London Commission on the same subject. On the Mechanism of the Heart, with a demonstration, by Mr. ( R EEVES. • • On Absorption, by Dr. CARSON. SECTION F. Observations on the effects of Railroads on the inter communication of the population of places which thus con "et, and of the desirableness of ascertaining, if possible, the !am (if there be any) which governs the increase, by Dr. LARDNEB. On Statistical Desiderata, by W. R. GREY, Esq. On the advantage s of Spade Husbandry, by Dr. YEL LOWLEY. A comparison of the Mineral wealth of Great Britain with that of the Continent of Europe, and statement of the products of some British Mines, by Jolor TAYLOR, Esq. _ SECTION G. Dr. LARDNER.-- On* Steam• communication between Great Britain and the United States. J• S. RUSSELL, M.A.—On the nature of the obstacles to steam navigation :it high velocities and in shallow water, and on the means of overcoming these obstacles. EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.--Otte of the steamers employed in the trade between Liverpool and Glasgow arrived at the former port on Sunday last in 17 hours and 2b minutes from. Greenock, the shortest passage on record. The distance is 220 miles. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC jOU2I,NALS --- The contest for the second seat in the boro , ugh of Warwick is honourable to the spirited Reformel's of that' town, and the result anything but consolatory to the Noble Earl whose pocket borough it once w w :, o c• to the Tories who support his " interest. It will h~ borne in _mind that the contest tyres for a vacancy created by a Tory Member,—Lord Warwick's bro ther, Sir Charles Greville,—who, doubtless, selected the most fitting time for accepting the Chiltern Hun dreds. We have received several letters which enable us to estimate the " re-action." First, Ore electors were taken by surprise, the Conservatives' having secretly, for several days, obtained requisi tions from their party to Mr. Canning, and the Liberals being wholly unprepared' with a candidate ' Secondly, the 'Tories had two clear days' start in their canvass. Our readers are well aware of the desperate conflicts which the Warwick Reformers have sus tained aoainst every species of persecution and corrup tion. In 1831, by the most desperate exertions, imp,Aled by the exciting question of a national reform, th ey barely succeeded in returning two Liberal Members.. In December, 1832, the first Reform election, the most profligate arts were but too successfully employed to oust one of their real Representatives. In 1835, on the Peel dissolution of Parliament, 922 electors polled, two Conservatives, Sir Charles Greville and Mr. Halcomb, opposing Mr. King. The !Memos, how ever, successful, the numbers being-- Greville 564 King Halcomb - - - The advantage to a Liberal Candidate of split votes. is well known, and that in a small con s tit uency ' a . " plumping" contest is the most adverse to a Reformer. The electors may, in the first case, more safely divide their vote ; in the latter the " thumb-screw" is Lin. sparingly applied, and intimidation has no limit. The coerced elector has to decide " one way or the other i ;" he cannot serve two masters. We understand that the independent electors in the past contest were not sanguine of success, but resolved that their borough should not be made over quietly to a nominee, and an utter stranger to their local interests. It is highly to. the credit of Mr. W. Hobhouse that he willingly ran the risk of such a contest. We understand that the real majority is about seven against him, allowing for foul votes and good tenders on each side. The inde pendent party, therefore, under such circumstances. justly consider the result as a real gain ; and one of the letters before us says, " By this contest we shall, with the coming registration, achieve our indepen dence ;" and a second letter says, " What could we not now have done with the ball o t ?" The dropping _ _ off of the scot-and-lot franchise under the provisions of the Reform Act has also reduced the constituency 194, comparing the registers of 1832 and 1835-6. We see, therefore, any thing but cause of triumph for the Conservatives, who we know expected no contest. The influenced electors, who served the Liberals by not voting (because they could not), if freed to exercise their franchise, would have carried the election. The Tories succeed in the smaller borough as much throuqh the instrumentality of those who do not as of those who do vote. The 'Standard affirms that the Corporation " was wholly changed" on the election of the new Town-Council at Christmas. Such was not the fact. One ward only was carried by the Reformers ; the other was divided, although the majority gave the Liberals the nomination of the Al dermen. Further, the entire municipal property of the borough has been withheld from the Town-Council by the . ex-corporators, On the plea of a small charitable use of bread•money charged on the • estates ; and the charities also have continued in the old corporators. Our Contemporary also enrols Newcastle and Devizes in his list of "re-actions." He omits to notice that Captain Dundas, though previously defeated, gained the last scat unopposed. Newcastle, except by Mr. Ord, never was represented by real Reformers ; and was always accessible to those who bribed freemen and possessed London influence: The adverse circum stances of the recent contest there fully explain that reverse, and the large majority of householders polled by Captain Blackett tolerably manifest the real state of " public opinion." We leave, however, the Conser vatives to deceive themselves, as they have always done the last few years—to revel in their few county successes. Their labour is thrown away. The first „ge neral struggle will undeceive them.—]Worn. Chronicle. " When you are sure to fail in an endeavour to an swer the main argument, try sonic collateral issue," is a rule frequently acted upon in forensic pleading. The Government writers, or rather those who guide them, are not ignorant of the advantages which sometimes result from the adoption of this rule, as we see from the course they daily pursue. In particular, that print which recently declared itself, in a tone that but too feelingly expressed its own sense of its forlorn con dition, " the wily morning Ministerial print," almost always has recourse to this expedient. We allude, of course, to the " Morning Grunt-icle," as tht Gomm ment have most appropriately nicknamed the print iii► question—not because it goes the whole hog, but from the peculiar tone of its sonorous snout when the teachers of the learned pet pig of the Treasury wind it up to its work by a twist of the tail. This said " Grunt-isle," which has not attempted any thing like a defence of the Ministers against Lord Lyndhurst's most searching examination of their pro ceedings throughout the session, showed on Tuesday last how docile it is when directed in a devious course, and exemplified the use of a collateral issue thus:— " The Municipal Corporation Amendment Act, which was thrown out, on the motion of Lord Lyndhurst, on Thursday last, contained two clauses only. • " Ist. A clause to remedy defects arising from the pre siding officer at an election of the Council having his title .• disputed, as at Ipswich. " 2d. To supply a deficiency in the original Bill in these cases, in which the Mayor might not also be a member of the Council. " It was admitted on all hands that these were good pro visions. Lord Lyndhurst bad nothing to say against the Bill, and be only moved that it should be committed that day three weeks, because this Bill and three others formed part of the Bill which the Commons threw out on account of the clause introduced into it by the Lords, retaining the trattees of charities for one year longer.' After some choice specimens of the swinish style, which we pass over, the Bill is termed " a Bill to which not even a plausible objection can be urged." Now we propose to examine its provisions, not doubt ing to demonstrate that in thi s , as i n every other case in which the Lords have rejected the crude and hasty attempts of the Commons to legislate on this subject, their Lordships h ave d one the State great and important service. But, first, " Lord Lyndhurst had nothing to say against the Bill." Now, be it remembered that on the 29th of March the principle . of this Bill was discussed upon the motion for the second reading of the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill, on which occasion that Noble and Learned Lord exposed most forcibly the injustice of the ex post facto opera tion of some o f t h e c l auses. H e s h owe d , first, that the Bill would deprive of their offices persons who were legally entitled to them. Secondly, that it would, by its retrospective operation, subject persons —who had most properly refused to deliver up the corporation muniments to the councils, whose illegal c onstitution the Bill was intended to cure, and who, if they had delivered them up, would have acted illegally—to punishment by fine or imprisonment, under that " most arbitrary power which was given to the town council by the Act of last session,' and which was so ably commented upon by Sir Charles Wetherell and M r . Knight in their several addresses to the House. Lord Lyndhurst objected, in the third place, to the unfair provision which was made for the costs of the parties who had proceeded against..the corporate officers by quo warranto, for the purpose of trying their title, and he instanced the case of one Wright, who had f orme rly comme nced most vexatious proceedings against the clergy for penalties for non-residence, under the Act, almost obsolete, of Henry VIII., but to whom the Act which suspended these proceedings awarded (because the strict law was on his side) thefull costs of such pro ceedings. The Bill was referred to a Select Committee, and we confess it was with some regret that we saw that the measure, when it left that Committee, still com prised the objectionable provisions to Which the Noble and Learn e d Lord had so forcibly alluded. On the occasion of the rejection of the Municipal Elections Bill, which is the subject of the article in the " Grunt icle," Lord Lyndhurst pursued the course which